Shaw v. State

OPINION

HILL, Justice.

Barry Wayne Shaw appeals his conviction by a jury in one trial for the offenses of murder and attempted murder. See TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. sec. 19.02 (Vernon 1974) & sec. 15.01 (Vernon Supp.1987). The jury assessed his punishment for the murder at forty-four years of confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections and assessed his punishment for the attempted murder at fifteen years. The conviction resulted from an incident in which Shaw shot through the plate glass windows at a karate studio which he had attended. His weapon was a Uzi semi-automatic rifle. In seven…